Legal Opinion
Continental Insurance Co. v. Lute
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 1982No. 82-7PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUIDRY, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Continental Insurance Company (hereafter Continental), instituted this action against defendant-ap-pellee, Joseph Lute, Jr., seeking a declaratory judgment decreeing that Continental is entitled to discontinue payment of workmen’s compensation benefits to Lute. From a judgment of the trial court sustaining Lute’s exception of res judicata, Continental has perfected the present appeal.1
The facts are undisputed. On January 21, 1978, while in the course and scope of his employment, defendant, Joseph Lute, Jr., was involved in an automobile accident in which he…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Welch v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Mitchell v. BertollaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Scurlock Oil Company v. Getty Oil CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- McNeal v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Gentry v. PughLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Levraea v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- Gross v. Continental Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Continental Insurance Co. v. LuteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983